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Janet Keeping, Green Party of Alberta pillsarena.com Leader, to run in Calgary-Foothills Susan Stratton, President of the Green Party of Alberta, is pleased to announce that party leader Janet Keeping will be the Greens’ candidate in Calgary-Foothills in the next election. According to Stratton, “Political life in the province is in desperate straits. Albertans need …

On Earth Day 2015, Green Party of Alberta Leader, Janet Keeping, calls for adoption of an Environmental Bill of Rights for Alberta. According to Keeping, “An Environmental Bill of Rights for Albertans is long, long overdue. Alberta’s ecosystems and wildlife habitat have been nickle-and-dimed nearly to death. It’s time Albertans had stronger legal tools to …

After 44 years of one-party rule Alberta’s democracy is in bad shape. One clear indicator is that many Albertans confuse the PC party with the government – they think they are the same thing. No better proof could be found than the memo that went out to all public servants earlier this week from the …

Provincial Greens want to see the provincial government support job creation but not just any job. Greens support creation of jobs that move Alberta away from its current heavy dependency on hydrocarbons. According to Green Party of Alberta leader Janet Keeping “Public money should only be spent to further the public interest and ever more …

There is no aspect of environmental protection at which the Alberta government has not failed. Both in terms of planning and regulation, the PCs have shirked their responsibilities as stewards of the priceless ecosystems that sustain health and life. Poor environmental planning Consider the disappointing the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan released in 2014. There are …

Greens base their approach to politics on basic principles, such as sustainability, social justice, ecological wisdom, respect for diversity and sincere democracy. Measured against tenets such as these, the 2015 Alberta budget is both unfair and unimaginative. And because it was introduced in a manipulative way, the whole process feels unsavoury, even undemocratic. Sustainability To …

Janet Keeping, leader of the Green Party of Alberta, is delighted to announce that the incumbent Liberal MLA Laurie Blakeman will be our candidate in Edmonton-Centre in the coming general election. Ms. Blakeman will be the Alberta Party and Liberal Party candidate as well in that riding. Laurie is a courageous, hard-working and effective MLA. …

Send us your poetry/songs — bad and good — that express your feelings about species extinctions and the need to protect bio-diversity. Here’s my effort: Ode to the Mountain Caribou They’re ruining hunks of your homeland Not caring what to you it will do They’re all about money and clueless I guess it sucks to …

The Green Party of Alberta today announces its decision not to run against progressive incumbents – 2 Liberals and 4 NDs – in the next provincial election. The Greens will also not run against the leader of the Alberta Party and have requested that the NDs, Liberals and Alberta Party not run against GPA leader …

Press release, January 29, 2015 The Green Party of Alberta supports the construction of the new cancer centre in Calgary as has been long planned and promised. The current government’s failure to properly raise revenues and budget for the inevitable cyclical decline in oil prices should not now be used as an excuse not to …